2026 regional data view
Africa Military Power
Compare the African country profiles in the MilitaryDex dataset across personnel, budgets and major air, land and naval inventory fields. The ranking below uses MilitaryDex MSS and should not be read as a forecast of military outcomes.
Regional dataset totals
38
Countries
3.5M
Active personnel
$114.7B
Defense budgets
4.1K
Aircraft
10.5K
Tanks
781
Naval assets
Totals add reported country values in this data edition. Missing values are omitted; the figures do not represent a unified force.
Category leaders
Africa country rankings
Same-edition values; click a country for its full profile.
| Region rank | Country | Global rank | MSS | Active | Budget | Aircraft | Tanks | Navy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |  Egypt | #15 | 15.5 | 438.5K | $5.2B | 1,088 | 3,620 | 108 |
| #2 |  Morocco | #26 | 8.4 | 400.0K | $16.1B | 271 | 1,346 | 91 |
| #3 |  Algeria | #29 | 7.8 | 130.0K | $25.0B | 620 | 1,485 | 100 |
| #4 |  Sudan | #36 | 5.8 | 300.0K | $394.7M | 183 | 1,055 | 10 |
| #5 |  Eritrea | #37 | 5.6 | 350.0K | $219.0M | 20 | 148 | 18 |
| #6 |  Ethiopia | #38 | 5.5 | 503.0K | $3.7B | 104 | 338 | 0 |
| #7 |  Nigeria | #41 | 4.4 | 230.0K | $3.9B | 159 | 330 | 135 |
| #8 |  Angola | #42 | 4.4 | 107.0K | $31.2B | 278 | 319 | 32 |
| #9 |  South Africa | #59 | 2.8 | 68.7K | $2.9B | 181 | 248 | 53 |
| #10 |  DR Congo | #67 | 2.2 | 166.6K | $960.0M | 56 | 212 | 16 |
| #11 |  Tunisia | #74 | 1.9 | 89.8K | $2.2B | 155 | 145 | 32 |
| #12 |  South Sudan | #79 | 1.7 | 185.0K | $30.7M | 19 | 122 | 0 |
| #13 |  Kenya | #90 | 1.2 | 50.0K | $1.7B | 154 | 188 | 18 |
| #14 |  Burkina Faso | #94 | 1.2 | 7.5K | $4.6B | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| #15 |  Uganda | #97 | 1.0 | 45.0K | $1.5B | 51 | 259 | 0 |
| #16 |  Libya | #99 | 0.9 | 32.0K | $1.5B | 83 | 55 | 3 |
| #17 |  Tanzania | #100 | 0.9 | 25.0K | $1.5B | 38 | 200 | 10 |
| #18 |  Zimbabwe | #101 | 0.9 | 29.0K | $2.0B | 80 | 60 | 0 |
| #19 |  Somalia | #102 | 0.9 | 30.0K | $870.0M | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| #20 |  Central African Republic | #103 | 0.9 | 30.0K | $300.0M | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| #21 |  Mozambique | #106 | 0.8 | 11.2K | $480.0M | 23 | 60 | 36 |
| #22 |  Mali | #108 | 0.8 | 40.0K | $1.1B | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| #23 |  Chad | #112 | 0.7 | 37.8K | $706.8M | 40 | 90 | 0 |
| #24 |  Cameroon | #113 | 0.7 | 38.0K | $835.7M | 35 | 0 | 19 |
| #25 |  Namibia | #114 | 0.7 | 17.6K | $450.5M | 36 | 7 | 17 |
| #26 |  Mauritania | #115 | 0.7 | 31.5K | $270.6M | 23 | 51 | 6 |
| #27 |  Ghana | #123 | 0.5 | 15.5K | $954.4M | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| #28 |  Republic of the Congo | #125 | 0.5 | 10.0K | $933.4M | 14 | 61 | 0 |
| #29 |  Zambia | #127 | 0.4 | 15.2K | $385.3M | 78 | 75 | 0 |
| #30 |  Niger | #128 | 0.4 | 25.0K | $488.4M | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| #31 |  Senegal | #129 | 0.4 | 17.0K | $777.8M | 39 | 0 | 4 |
| #32 |  Botswana | #131 | 0.4 | 12.0K | $581.0M | 45 | 45 | 0 |
| #33 |  Sierra Leone | #133 | 0.4 | 13.0K | $450.0M | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| #34 |  Ivory Coast | #135 | 0.3 | 22.0K | $18.2M | 22 | 0 | 7 |
| #35 |  Madagascar | #140 | 0.2 | 13.5K | $147.6M | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| #36 |  Gabon | #141 | 0.2 | 5.0K | $340.9M | 25 | 0 | 4 |
| #37 |  Benin | #144 | 0.1 | 4.8K | $137.7M | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| #38 |  Liberia | #145 | 0.1 | 2.1K | $20.7M | 0 | 0 | 6 |